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| The unemployment rate fell in 303 of the nation’s 372 largest cities in March, the Labor Department said Wednesday. That’s the largest number of metro areas to report a monthly drop since September, and adds to evidence that recent gains in hiring are widespread. |
| Below are the unemployment rates for cities in the West: |
| Metro Unemployment, West |
| Unemployment rates by state, city |
| Figures in percentages |
| March 2011 Feb. 2011 March 2010 |
| Alaska 8.3 8.4 9.2 |
| Anchorage 7.3 7.3 8.4 |
| Fairbanks 7.3 7.4 8.2 |
| Arizona 9.3 9.5 10.1 |
| Flagstaff 8.5 8.8 9.9 |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman 10.9 11.1 11.4 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale 8.7 8.8 9.5 |
| Prescott 10.2 10.4 10.9 |
| Tucson 8.5 8.7 9.2 |
| Yuma 21.7 21.4 20.4 |
| California 12.3 12.2 12.8 |
| Bakersfield-Delano 17.5 17 17.8 |
| Chico 14.4 14.2 14.6 |
| El Centro 24.6 25.5 24.5 |
| Fresno 18.4 18.1 18.4 |
| Hanford-Corcoran 18.4 17.9 18.5 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 11.4 11.4 11.8 |
| Madera-Chowchilla 17.2 16.4 17.5 |
| Merced 21.4 21.2 21.3 |
| Modesto 18.4 18.1 18.7 |
| Napa 10.3 10.3 10.6 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura 10.4 10.5 10.9 |
| Redding 17.1 16.6 17.3 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 13.9 13.9 14.6 |
| Sacramento-Arden-Arcade 12.7 12.6 12.9 |
| Salinas 16.5 16.8 16.6 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 10.2 10.1 10.8 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 10 9.9 10.7 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 10.6 10.5 11.9 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles 9.9 9.8 10.5 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta 9.6 9.6 10.1 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville 14.7 14.6 15.2 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma 10.4 10.2 11.2 |
| Stockton 18.4 18.1 18.1 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield 12.3 12.1 12.5 |
| Visalia-Porterville 18.7 18 19.1 |
| Yuba City 21.6 21.3 21.4 |
| Colorado 9.2 9.7 9.7 |
| Boulder 6.9 7.5 7.5 |
| Colorado Springs 10.1 10.5 10.3 |
| Denver-Aurora-Broomfield 9.3 9.8 9.7 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland 7.7 8.3 8.3 |
| Grand Junction 11.2 11.6 12.1 |
| Greeley 10.6 11.2 11.3 |
| Pueblo 11.2 11.5 10.9 |
| Hawaii 6.1 6.3 6.7 |
| Honolulu 5.1 5.3 5.6 |
| Idaho 10.4 10.7 9.9 |
| Boise City-Nampa 10.1 10.5 9.8 |
| Coeur d’Alene 12.6 13.2 12.4 |
| Idaho Falls 8.4 8.5 7.6 |
| Lewiston 8.3 9 8.4 |
| Pocatello 9.4 9.8 8.8 |
| Montana 8.1 8.2 8 |
| Billings 5.9 6 5.9 |
| Great Falls 6.9 7.1 6.4 |
| Missoula 8 8.3 8 |
| Nevada 13.2 13.6 14.9 |
| Carson City 13.2 13.5 14.6 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise 13.3 13.7 15.1 |
| Reno-Sparks 13.1 13.2 14.5 |
| New Mexico 7.4 8.8 8.4 |
| Albuquerque 7.7 9.1 8.6 |
| Farmington 8 9.5 9.8 |
| Las Cruces 7.5 9 8.3 |
| Santa Fe 6.1 7.5 7.2 |
| Oregon 10.5 10.9 12 |
| Bend 14 15.3 16.3 |
| Corvallis 6.9 6.7 8.3 |
| Eugene-Springfield 10.3 10.7 12.4 |
| Medford 12.7 13.3 14.1 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro 9.6 10.2 11.7 |
| Salem 10.7 11.2 12 |
| Utah 7.6 8.1 8.3 |
| Logan 5.6 6.2 6.2 |
| Ogden-Clearfield 7.6 8.1 8.3 |
| Provo-Orem 7.6 8.3 8.3 |
| St George 9.6 10.5 11.1 |
| Salt Lake City 7.3 7.6 7.9 |
| Washington 9.7 9.9 10.5 |
| Bellingham 9.6 9.3 9.9 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale 8.6 8.2 8.8 |
| Kennewick-Pasco-Richland 8.2 8.3 8.7 |
| Longview 12.7 13.1 14.2 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes 11.5 11 11.7 |
| Olympia 8.9 8.7 9.2 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue 9.2 9.4 9.8 |
| Spokane 10.5 10.4 11 |
| Wenatchee-East Wenatchee 9.6 9.7 10.2 |
| Yakima 11 11.1 11.4 |
| Wyoming 6.7 7 8 |
| Casper 6.7 7.1 7.9 |
| Cheyenne 7.3 7.7 8.5 |
